(for new functions...).  One might still want to be able to pass down
a user-data pointer to be used by the UI.  However, ex_data doesn't
quite cut it, since that means the appropriate index to it might need
to be shared between parts that aren't really related in that sense,
and would require the currently hidden (static) index holders to be
uncovered.  Not a good thing.  Therefore, add the possibility to add a
user-data pointer to a UI.

like des_read_password and friends (backward compatibility functions
using this new API are provided).  The purpose is to remove prompting
functions from the DES code section as well as provide for prompting
through dialog boxes in a window system and the like.